He slowed down a bit more. Gaia, how do you know these things? She shrugged. I'm smart. And modest, too. Modesty is a waste of time, she pronounced. I'll keep that in mind.

I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me.

...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

When you know who you are, you won't have false modesty

Modesty-is a quality in a lover more praised by women than liked.

With people of only moderate ability modesty is a mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels.

A modest man is usually admired-if people ever hear of him.

None of the adults I knew ever touched in public, much less kneaded each others flesh.

True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.